Sri Lanka

Economists urge suspension of Lanka debt payments after Cyclone Ditwah

On December 21, 2025, a group of over 120 global economists and experts issued a statement urging the immediate suspension of Sri Lanka’s external sovereign debt payments and a new round of restructuring. This was in response to the devastating...

December 1, 2025

Cyclone Ditwah batters Sri Lanka, claims 334 lives

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 1 (ANI): At least 334 people have been confirmed dead, while 370 remain missing in Sri...

September 20, 2025

Sri Lanka’s 2021-2024 austerity was one of the most severe in history

A recent World Bank reports examines Sri Lanka’s austerity policies following the 2022 external debt default. Sri Lanka has undergone...

February 23, 2025

Turtles Without a Sandy Beach: Poetry healing

MELBOURNE, 22 February, 2025: ‘Turtles Without a Sandy Beach’ , poetry collection launched today at the Museum of Australian Photography...

November 19, 2024

Sri Lanka Cabinet with 21-members sworn-in

COLOMBO, November 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday sworn in a new 21-member Cabinet, following landslide...

November 16, 2024

Leftist NPP coalition sweeps Lanka Parliamentary polls

COLOMBO, November 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition registered a landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s...

September 23, 2024

Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka wins Lanka Presidental election

MELBOURNE, 23 September, 2024: Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD) Leader of the Marxist JVP and the NPP coalition has been elected...

February 12, 2024

Iran’s Sri Lanka Tea imports under tea-for-oil barter system

Sri Lanka Tea Board president Niraj de Mel told reporters that Iranian tea importers have proposed to increase shipments from...

May 20, 2023

Sri Lanka Tourism Minister to visit Australia in June

MELBOURNE, 19 MAY 2023: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Tourism and Lands Mr. Harin Fernando, is likely to visit Australia in...

April 3, 2023

300,000 Sri Lankans left for jobs overseas in 2022: The Economist

MELBOURNE, 3 April 2023: About 300,000 Sri Lankan have left the country for jobs overseas in 2022, says The...

March 22, 2023

Sri Lankans struggle to afford food as IMF approves bailout

Sri Lanka has secured $2.9 billion from the International Monetary Fund — a lifeline for the debt-ridden country. But for...

February 16, 2023

Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day celebrated in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, 4 February 2023: The Consulate General of Sri Lanka here, along with the Sri Lankan Community here celebrated Sri...

October 18, 2022

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for his novel, “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”

Karunatilaka accepted the award at a ceremony in London, saying he hoped the book would be read in a Sri...

August 27, 2022

Student activists in Lanka detained under draconian anti-terrorism law

The three activists were arrested from a student rally in Colombo on August 18 under a 72-hour detention order, while...

Sri Lanka

Economists urge suspension of Lanka debt payments after Cyclone Ditwah

December 1, 2025

Cyclone Ditwah batters Sri Lanka, claims 334 lives

September 20, 2025

Sri Lanka’s 2021-2024 austerity was one of the most severe in history

February 23, 2025

Turtles Without a Sandy Beach: Poetry healing

November 19, 2024

Sri Lanka Cabinet with 21-members sworn-in

November 16, 2024

Leftist NPP coalition sweeps Lanka Parliamentary polls

September 23, 2024

Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka wins Lanka Presidental election

February 12, 2024

Iran’s Sri Lanka Tea imports under tea-for-oil barter system

May 20, 2023

Sri Lanka Tourism Minister to visit Australia in June

April 3, 2023

300,000 Sri Lankans left for jobs overseas in 2022: The Economist

March 22, 2023

Sri Lankans struggle to afford food as IMF approves bailout

February 16, 2023

Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day celebrated in Melbourne

October 18, 2022

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for his novel, “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”

August 27, 2022

Student activists in Lanka detained under draconian anti-terrorism law

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